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OfflinePsyCode
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Ants attack PF cakes
    #5809563 - 07/01/06 12:04 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Today I noticed sugar ants stealing BRF from my jars. This never happened to me before, what is the cause of it? The jars did look alittle dry, is that the cause of it?


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: PsyCode]
    #5809572 - 07/01/06 12:08 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

it's probably because you dont keep a clean house. I would elevate them off ground level and take care of them. your probably SOL though.


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: Yamidude]
    #5809607 - 07/01/06 12:23 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Thats not necessarily true. You shouldn't be telling this man he doesn't have a clean house, just cause of a few ants..

Ants some times just end up in you house in the summer. At least where i live. My advice to you Psycode:

Just put some ant traps in the room near your area. And btw, why are ants able to get pieces of BRF? It should be fully colonized before anything can touch it. It would be hard for a ant to get a piece of brf that is covered is psychoactive mycelia? GL


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: SickShroomer]
    #5809726 - 07/01/06 01:15 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Haha ants that love to trip... I agree with SickShroomer, just because a few ants make it in a house doesn't mean it's dirty....


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: jinglyjon]
    #5809734 - 07/01/06 01:18 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

I apologize. I didn't mean for it to sound like he is a slob or anything. Sometimes all it takes is a few crumbs or anything left out. What i meant was that he should just move his FC and clean the area well then put it back.

Sorry, didn't mean it like it sounded.


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: Yamidude]
    #5809755 - 07/01/06 01:26 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

I had the substrate in the jars for about 6 days now, I didn't see

any myc forming until now and not very thick. On top of the foil, I

saw ants gathering a pile of BRF powder, it's like they were

building a stash for the rest of the ants. I don't think I put

enough water in for some reason cause it was so easy to dump the

cakes out. I live in an area where our ants get to everything they

can. They even infiltrate a loaf of bread so I gotta keep that in

the fridge. I think my best option is to use micropore for now on.


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: PsyCode]
    #5809763 - 07/01/06 01:30 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Are you leaving your inoculation holes uncovered? Use tyvek filters and band-aids to seal the inoculation point. I can't see ants penetrating your jars that way.


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: TheFish]
    #5809776 - 07/01/06 01:38 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Ants don't like the smell of fresh mint, we had a problem with them in our house until we planted some mint outside our back door ( where they seemed to be coming from )

They can't walk over chalk either, if you draw a circle around an ant it'll take it ages to get out.
If you drew a circle around something to protect it, the ant's would probably come across the line then turn and go the other way.


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: Mike_yy]
    #5809835 - 07/01/06 01:56 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

I was also not tring to take a shot at you either, Yamidude, I see what your saying. Mikeyyork, that is some cool info ha....time to go piss off some ants lol


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Re: Ants attack PF cakes [Re: Mike_yy]
    #5809908 - 07/01/06 02:15 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

mikeyyork said:
Ants don't like the smell of fresh mint, we had a problem with them in our house until we planted some mint outside our back door ( where they seemed to be coming from )

They can't walk over chalk either, if you draw a circle around an ant it'll take it ages to get out.
If you drew a circle around something to protect it, the ant's would probably come across the line then turn and go the other way.




ive actually heard of the chalk one before. Never heard of using mint though. Good idea.


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